diesel

Diesel is a traditional type of fuel that regular person vehicles use the most, together with unleaded gasoline. These fuels are crude oil distillates, and are therefore finite energy sources.

Diesel-fueled cars are quite prominent in Europe and less in the United States. European governments manually drive up gasoline prices with excise taxes to discourage car use as a means of transport. Diesel has better fuel-efficiency than gasoline and European governments tax it lower accordingly. Therefore in Europe, one liter of diesel is cheaper than one liter of gasoline.

In the United States, the government actually taxes diesel 25% higher than gasoline, so there it is more expensive than gasoline. Consequently, auto manufacturers are not too keen on releasing non-gasoline models on the American markets.

Almost 95% of all person vehicles and light trucks in the US drive on gasoline and currently only Volkswagen, Mercedes and Jeep sell diesel cars in the US. In Europe only half of all cars on the road have a gasoline engine.

Late last year, Audi finally confirmed a new A8 would hit showrooms in 2018. Since then, the 2018 Audi A8 had some publicity by rolling on the Nürburgring and more recently in snowy weather up North in Sweden. In these spy shots the car is pretty well visible, although it’s all camo’ed up. Also, the A8 spyshots are much more exciting than any other recently spotted camouflaged car. Two things about the prototype stand out, which is the width and…

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Trailhawk is a title for top notch Jeep models. It first made its appearance in 2012 as an Easter Jeep Safari concept. The concept was so well received by the public that Jeep added it as a trim to the 2014 Cherokee and polished, improved and enhanced 2016 Jeep Renegade. The 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk will be Jeep’s best-selling SUV perfected for off-road circumstances. That is, until the iconic off-road 2018 Jeep Wrangler will see its release. The name…

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Land Rover has released new pictures of their 2017 Land Rover Discovery. The new designing ideas that Land Rover has been talking about are quite visible on these images. Also included in the newly released shots is a fascinating timeline of how the Discovery changed over the years. Up until now, we only beheld the 2017 Land Rover Discovery under a full face of make-up, denying us every glimpse of detail. We have to say, this picture of the Discovery’s…